Ousted Trump Strategist Bannon And His ‘Muslim Threat’ Fixation

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Ousted Trump Strategist Bannon and His ‘Muslim Threat’ Fixation
Published August 19th, 2017 - 08:19 GMT via SyndiGate.info

The sacking of US President Donald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon on Friday caused yet another political earth-quake in already tumultuous Washington.
 
Long known for his espousal of far-right nationalist views, it was Bannon's reported vehement hostility to immigrants from the Middle East, and Islam more broadly, that caused most consternation among Arabs and Muslims - both in the US and elsewhere.

Bannon was widely cited as the chief architect of the "Muslim Ban" early in the Trump administration, and long known for arguing the US and Europe is in a civilisational conflict with the Muslim world.

While "Bannonism" remains a potent force in US politics, The New Arab has put together some of the major statements made by the now ex-chief strategist of the White House on Islam.

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Staying true to his image as a "behind the scenes" ideologue who avoided direct contact with the media (despite his final interview being a probable cause of his removal), many of Bannon’s remarks on Islam only emerged because of press investigations or secondary reporting.

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